By: Pauline Millard The New York Observer is reporting today that Slate.com plans to start a separate site next year devoted to business news and opinion.
Slate deputy editor David Plotz told The Observer he believes there?s a clear opening for Slate?s editorial voice. Plotz said that business journalism is generally dominated by big brands and thinks there's an opening for a "really smart, analytical, opinionated Web site that could be Webby and fast and agile."
The new project is still awaiting final authorization from Post company executives.
No staff has yet been hired. According to the Observer, Slate editors offered the top job to Elizabeth Spiers, the founding editor of both Gawker and the business blog DealBreaker, who now writes for New York magazine, but were turned down.
They?ve since asked both Ms. Spiers and Daniel Gross, Slate?s regular business columnist, among others, to write for the site, the Observer reported.
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